Simple meaning
What does Maintain mean?
Maintain means keep something up.
Dictionary definition
Maintain means to keep something in good condition or at the same level.
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Maintain in a sentence
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In class, we learned what maintain means.
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The reading passage used maintain in a sentence that showed its meaning clearly.
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Using maintain helped make our writing more precise in an academic context.
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Base word
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verb
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What does maintain mean?
Maintain means maintain means keep something up.
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